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Old School

2023

Should you play it?

Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...

What works

  • Unique chaotic sandbox gameplay
  • Humorous and absurd scenarios
  • Character customization and editing
  • Large open world with exploration
  • Local multiplayer and gang mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Camera and control issues
  • Fast-paced time limits causing stress
  • Repetitive and grindy progression
  • Frequent bugs and janky animations
  • Limited polish and rough ui

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hard Time III

  • Wrestling Empire

  • Prison Simulator Prologue

  • Hard Time

  • Devil Spire Falls

  • SKIBIDI GYATROOMS

Less dominating

Games that feels like Old School but with less domination over others

  • The Caligula Effect: Overdose

  • Persona 4 Golden

  • Manny's

  • School 666

  • Persona 3 Reload

  • Kemono Friends Cellien May Cry

More competitive

Games that feels like Old School but with more competition against others

  • Bloody Good Time

  • Granny Simulator

  • Perfect Heist 2

  • Retail Royale

  • Deducto 2

  • Kandidatos

Less violent

Games that feels like Old School but with less combat and destruction

  • Sunrider Academy

  • 小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop

  • The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection

  • Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies

  • Content King

  • Rock Star Life Simulator

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Old School. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Old School. These titles are not in What to play next.

Old School: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026